"No pork on my fork"

[Laurence Horn]

>Wasn't Monticello in the news last year, as a result of a
>near-inundation by floodwaters? There's also a Weed in Northern
>California, not far from Sacramento.
>
>-Wilson Gray

"There's a Weed in Northern California"--sounds like a song title
that didn't quite make the final cut for the production of "Hair"...

L


>On Jun 21, 2005, at 10:06 AM, Baker, John wrote:
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>>         And don't forget Monticello.  Unusual place names seem to be a
>>strength of Kentucky's.
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>>John Baker (who grew up between Weed and Bliss, next to Jaybird Ridge)
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>>From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
>>Behalf
>>Of Dennis R. Preston
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:43 AM
>>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>Subject: Re: "No pork on my fork"
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>>Ah! Versailles, Madrid, Cairo...
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>>dInIs
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>>>I had a friend in grad school who grew up near Arab, Alabama.  He said
>>>it was always pronounced "AY-rab."
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>>>JL